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About the ProgramThe Program in Religious Studies and Education (PRSE) has been temporarily suspended, pending new permanent funding that will allow the program to continue and to be capable of serving more students than can currently be admitted into the program. Beginning with the 2009-10 academic year, no new students will be admitted to the program for at least the next two years. Students who are already in the PRSE will continue and be able to finish their degree in normal fashion. The Program in Religious Studies and Education is a teacher training program designed for those who wish to pursue a middle or secondary school teaching career in conjunction with their theological studies. The PRSE is offered within the context of either the master of theological studies or the master of divinity degree program in partnership with local cooperating schools. In addition to earning their master's degree, PRSE students earn middle or secondary school teacher licensure in Biology, Chemistry, English, Foreign Language (Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Spanish), History, Latin and the Classical Humanities, and/or Political Science/Political Philosophy from the Massachusetts Department of Education. The license obtained is valid in over 45 states and represents the closest equivalent available today to a national teaching certificate. In the context of their education toward licensure, students are specifically prepared to teach about religion from a nonsectarian perspective and to develop curriculum resources that incorporate religion and religious worldviews within their field(s) of expertise. They also have the opportunity to engage constitutional and public policy issues that arise when considering the complex relationship between religion and public education. In this regard, the PRSE is a specialized training program in that it provides the explicit opportunity for teachers to explore the ways that the academic study of religion can contribute to and enhance policy and content discourses across the educational spectrum.
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